Coastal walking routes

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Kent is a great place for walking and where better to enjoy a day out than along a coastal trail? Kent's coastal trails include:

  • Children playing football on a beachThe Saxon Shore Way - a fascinating 163 mile walk, from Gravesend to Hastings, East Sussex. This walk follows the line of fortifications built along the coastline by the Romans to keep out raiding Saxons.
  • The South Foreland walk offers a chance to explore parts of the Saxon Shore Way and also sections of the North Downs Way.
  • The Minnis Bay to Reculver Country Park route follows the coastal defences of the North Kent coast
  • Walmer Castle to Deal Castle - this accessible walk along the coast takes in two of the best preserved fortifications to be found along this section of the Kent coast.
  • Samphire Hoe walk - Enjoy magnificent views along this coastal walk through the newest part of Kent. Samphire Hoe has been created from the spoil excavated during the construction of the Channel Tunnel.
  • Turner and Dickens - Take a walk along the newly opened, 4 mile coast to coast route between Turner's Margate and Dickens' Broadstairs.
  • Maritime Heritage Trail provides four trails centred around Thanet, Medway, Whitstable/Herne Bay and Dover
  • Wantsum Walk an 8 mile trail between Herne Bay and Birchington, with a wealth of natural and historic features
  • Dover wildlife walk - a short 4 mile circular walk thriving with wildlife.

 

  • Alternatively, there are some great cycle routes which you can also walk on. Why not take a look at our coastal cycle routes?
 

 

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